Principle Texts

Principle Texts on Sustainable Development

This selection of some of the main texts on the subject of Sustainable Development was produced in liaison with ECODURABLE®.

United Nations

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10-dec-48, 42 Ko
• Rio Declaration , 14-June-92, 17 Ko
• Millennium Declaration, 13-sept-00, 64 Ko
• Johannesburg Declaration, 04-sept-02, 22 Ko
• Framework convention on climate change, 9-May-92, 81 Ko
• Kyoto Protocol, 11-dec-97, 75 Ko
• Convention on access to information in environmental matters, Aarhus, 25-june-98,
  50 Ko

European Union

• Environmental liability - White Paper, 09-feb-00, 245 Ko
• European Strategy in health and environmental matters, 11-june-03, 280 Ko
• Communication - Sustainable development in Europe for a better world : strategy of the European union for sustainable development, 19-june-01, 87 Ko
• Charter of European city for sustainability, Aalborg, 27-may-94, 50 Ko
• Lisbon action plan (application Aalborg), 08-oct-96, 51 Ko

France

• Environment charter for sustainable development, 28-feb-05 , 114 Ko
• National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSSD), 03-june-2003, 1,354 Mo

OECD

• Declaration " The environment : Resource for the future, 20-june-85 , 15 Ko

Texts on Company's Social Responsibility

United Nations

• Global Compact - Ten Principles, 24-oct-04, 79 Ko
• Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work, 19-June-98, 22 Ko
  
• United Nations convention against corruption, 11-dec-03, 257 Ko

European Union

• Code of conduct for European enterprises operating in developing countries,
  15-jan-99, 113 Ko
• Green Paper: to promote CSR, 18-july-01, 268 Ko
• Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union, 21-may-03, 248 Ko

France

• Law on New Economic Regulations (NRE), 15 may 2001, 101 Ko (only in French)
• New Economic Regulation (NRE) Application Decree, 3 may 2002, 13 Ko (only in French)

OECD

• Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 27-June-00 , 1,566 Mo
• Convention against corruption, 21-nov-97, 69 Ko

ICC (International Chamber of Commerce)

• The Business Charter for Sustainable Development - 16 principles, 1991, 23 Ko
• Responsible companies: declaration on general policies, 07-may-02, 68 Ko (only in French)
• Rules of conduct to combat Extortion and Bribery in International Business, 1999 (revised version), 37 Ko